Memorial Day

Intermittent morning showers prompted the American Legion's ceremonies to move indoors.

Preliminary data from the National Weather Service Surf Zone Fatalities tracker show that there have been 6 fatalities from rip currents. The winds bring a big risk for the holiday.

Lightning can strike while the sun is still out nearby, thunder means you are already close enough to be hit, and the safest shelter is not a tent, pavilion, or golf cart.

If you plan to travel to the beach this Memorial Day Weekend, it is advised to stay out of the ocean due to high waves. Frequent rip currents are expected across the entire east coast of Florida and the Panhandle.

A high-pressure system will keep the fronts well north of Florida, but energy impulses will bring rounds of storms that will affect different regions of Florida.

Even with pump prices at a four-year high, AAA anticipates a record 45 million Americans will travel at least 50 miles for the upcoming Memorial Day holiday weekend.

The occasion prompts gatherings at a number of graveyards in and around the city.

The average price of a gallon of gas continued to drop as a record number of Floridians are expected to take to the road.

Observances took place at a number of sites, including the Tallahassee National Cemetery, the Oakland Cemetery and VFW Cemetery.

Veterans' organizations conducted most of the solemn ceremonies